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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George I, King of England
(1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-1727
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Vii of France
(1403-1461) King of France. During his reign , Joan of Arc led the troops and the war against Britain came to an end.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Houdon's Bust of Washington
Bust of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon. George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States of America (1789-1797), and led the Continental Army to victory over the...
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New Britain Museum of American Art: John F. Peto
This site features Peto's trompe l'oeil portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Trade Routes Between Europe & Asia During Antiquity
Long-distance trade played a major role in the cultural, religious, and artistic exchanges that took place between the major centers of civilization in Europe and Asia during antiquity. Some of these trade routes had been in use for...
BBC
Bbc: Hands on History: The Romans
Who were the Romans? Find out why they came to Britain and how they changed the lives of the people living there. Explore the history of Romans in Britain, create some mosaic art, and build your own Roman villa.
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Stephen Luscombe: British Empire: Nineteenth Century Timeline
A timeline of the British Empire during the nineteenth century. Includes events related to empire building, to Britain itself, and to the world, as well as important advances in art and in science.
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Trench Brothers Project: Designing a Soldier's Survival Kit [Pdf]
This activity was created by the Trench Brothers project in England which uses drama, music, and art to share stories of World War I's ethnic minority soldiers with British schools. For this lesson, students are asked to research what...
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The Batik Guild
The Batik Guild website is dedicated to Batik artists mostly in Britain and Ireland. On this website you will find information about members of the Guild and their art, discover where batik is being exhibited, find which Guild members...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Sutton Hoo Helmet
This extraordinary helmet is very rare. Only four complete helmets are known from Anglo-Saxon England: at Sutton Hoo, Benty Grange, Wollaston and York. Archaeologists discovered this helmet lying in the tomb. It was also very unusual...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lord North
Frederick North was the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American Revolutionary War.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Anne
Anne of Great Britain. - Lardner, 1885
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 - July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist, whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) attacked the cruelty of slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mirabeau
A French revolutionary. He favored a constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great Britain.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mirbeau
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (March 9, 1749 - April 2, 1791) was a French writer, popular orator and statesman. During the French Revolution, he was a moderate, favoring a constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Robert Walpole
A British statesman who is generally known as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Pitt the Younger
The youngest prime minister of Great Britain, serving from 1783 to 1801, and again from 1804 to 1806.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Francis Bayard
(1885-1889) Secretary of the State to President Cleveland and ambassador to Great Britain
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Canning
Prime Minister of Great Britain for a brief amount of time in 1827.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Iii
The King of Great Britain and King of Ireland until their union in 1801. He continued his reign over the two countries until his death in 1820.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Iv
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 - 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Paine
An intellectual, scholar, revolutionary, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A radical pamphleteer, Paine anticipated and helped foment the American Revolution through his powerful...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Francis Adams
(1807-1886) Diplomat and member of the House of Representatives. He was able to lobby to keep Britain neutral during the civil war.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Iv
George IV or George Augustus Frederick (12 August 1762 - 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death. He had earlier served as The Prince Regent when his...